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MEPs approve biofuels cap

MEPs on the environment committee have agreed to cap the use of biofuels from food and energy crops following a vote Thursday. The draft legislation would limit these biofuels, which critics say leads to deforestation, to 5.5% of total energy consumption by 2020.

Britain wants to negotiate with Brussels the end date of the Brexit transition period - without saying what their preferred end date would be. The UK's position paper disagrees with the EU on other key points too.